[Bash-completion-devel] Work-needing packages report for Oct 24, 2008

Michelle Konzack linux4michelle at tamay-dogan.net
Sat Jan 30 23:07:52 UTC 2010


Hello Maintainers,

are you alive or is the mailing list only BOT-DRIVEN?
Here th 8th or t10th time:



according to:

Am 2008-10-24 00:27:15, schrieb wnpp at debian.org:
>    bash-completion (#472468), requested 213 days ago
>      Description: programmable completion for the bash shell
>      Installations reported by Popcon: 17723
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you have asked for help and I have now written several times but  gotten
no answer.  Also I have tried to  subscribe  to  <bash-completion-devel>
but it seems, it does not work for me.

Do I need special permissions to subscribe?

Please CC me in any replys...

OK, however, I like to know, which help you need,  since  I  have  found
tonns of reassignments from bash->bash-completion  where  many  of  them
sounds a little bit weird, since in the describtion it is written.

----[ command 'pkg_desc bash-completion' ]------------------------------
Description: programmable completion for the bash shell
 bash completion extends bashs standard completion behavior to achieve
 complex command lines with just a few keystrokes.  This project was
 conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most
 common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins
 and programmers need to do on a daily basis.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

I mean exactly THE SENTENCE "most common Linux/UNIX commands" since  the
following bugreports should be reassigned to the  appropriated  packages
since they are NOT "most common commands".

Note 1: For any of my own packages  which  has  executables  I  have  an
        appropriated bash_completion file and instead forcing  users  to
        load a several 100 kByte large singel  bash_completion  file,  I
        would go for the /etc/bash_completion.d/ directory OR if it  can
        produce a to high IO a "postinst" script which  then  merge  the
        files from there into a singel one.  If requested, I am  willing
        to develop the script  and  of  course,  a  "dh_bash-completion"
        command...

Note 2: I have had already written a small (X)dialog tool which let user
        choose between a full ~/.bash_completion file  or  a  small  one
        with user selectable items...

        The package was called "tdbash"  but  is  gone  and  has  to  be
        redevelop since I have lost in 2007-12-09 all of my  26  Servers
        workstations in a heavy cvervoltage...

Bug#415276: bash: [COMPLETION] completing - or -- with _command prints error
-> I can not reproduce this on my system

Bug#416655: bash: [COMPLETION] Please include mutt completion for local users
-> Package: mutt

Bug#413374: kpdf file.ps won't auto-complete in bash
-> Package: kpdf

Bug#463969: bash completion for gdb doesn't work on filenames
-> Package: gdb

Bug#299229: /etc/bash_completion: 'ci -u prefix<TAB>' hit on RCS/prefix shadows ./prefix
-> Package: 

Bug#459130: bash: aptitude completion does not recognize safe-upgrade nor full-upgrade
-> easy to solv

Bug#340452: completion support for mplayer *.mka and *.flac|*.mka for -audiofile
-> Package: mplayer

Bug#314363: bash: tab completion fails with awk error when first arg is gdb and second arg is subshell expansion
-> Package: awk

Bug#412944: set command lists contents of /etc/bash_completion
-> wontfix:  It is the BaSH which output it and I do not like the idea,
             that "set" refuse to output VAR's which begin with a "_"

Bug#111467: bash: Tab completion fails when dealing with a file with a : in the name.
Bug#100743: bash: inconsistent handling of filename completion wrt colons
Bug#199042: tab completion bug for filenames containing colon
-> for which command?  It works here perfectly (Maildir)

Bug#297065: bash: [COMPLETION] du --max-depth\= 1: invalid
-> not reproducable

Bug#452083: [COMPLETION]: xine handles .flv files
-> Package: xine

Bug#444254: bash completion doesn't work anymore
-> very discribtive subject...

Bug#441017: bash: [COMPLETION] include support for display and svg files
-> ???

Bug#259987: bash_completion: several completions fail to handle filenames with spaces and other quoted characters
-> ???

Bug#330833: bash: [COMPLETION] Please complete ssh host with {} globbing
-> Package: ssh

Bug#386817: bash-complete: Incorrect handling of "mount" paths
-> Package: 

Bug#301241: bash: [COMPLETION] alias foo=
-> easy to fix

Bug#445332: bash: [COMPLETION] Please complete new apt-get arguments (e.g. autoremove)
-> easy to fix

Bug#366899: bash completion acts weird on dpkg-source
-> Package: 

Bug#131101: bash: File completion bug with executables inside a control structure
-> Package: 

Bug#315515: bash: Environment variables completion error for commands 'cd' and 'ls'.
-> can not reproduce this bug

Bug#409423: tsocks: bash_completion support
-> Package: 

Bug#456887: please add TAB completion for pdf.gz and ps.gz files
-> which command?  Here it works.

Bug#120910: command completion on *foo
-> could be solved with a liitle bit heavy (resources consuming) coding

Bug#121631: enable expansion inside `which *`
-> can not reproduce this bug since it work here...
       cd /etc
       TEST=`which b*<tab>`
   is working perfectly and this bug should be closed

Bug#452435: [bash completion]: running perl in the command line
Bug#443394: bash: [completion] Perl completion doesn't complete filenames past 1st argument
-> Package: perl


-> works perfectly here:
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:~] mkdir test\ stuff
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:~] touch test\ stuff/{A,B,C}
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:~] chmod 775 test\ stuff/{A,B,C}
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:~] ls test\ stuff/*
       test stuff/A  test stuff/B  test stuff/C
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:~] ls test\ stuff/
       A  B  C
   Not reproducable for me

Bug#392495: bash completion for xargs
-> Hmmm, xargs is there but produce:
       xargs --bash: COMP_WORDS: bad array subscript
   or
       xargs --b-bash: COMP_WORDS: bad array subscript

Bug#269173: bash_completion has no --remove-all option for update-alternatives
-> easy to fix

Bug#303536: /etc/bash_completion: Please add .exe.so to extensions
-> which command?  It works on Woody, Sarge, Etch and Lenny

Bug#433542: [bash completion]: no completion for apt-get autoremove
-> easy to fix

Bug#361535: bash: [COMPLETION] apt-cache showsrc doesn't complete on source package names
-> How should this work?
   Greping the sources.gz?
   Would be a heavy overload since I have already tried it with the
   binary packages and apt-get

Bug#427758: [COMPLETION] filenames starting with =
-> wontfix

Bug#365658: bash_completion: playmidi should accept .cmf files
-> Package: playmidi

Bug#309612: bash: name completion mangles special characters in case of ambiguity if completion-ignore-case is on
-> wontfix

Bug#428641: bash: [COMPLETION] please complete rrdtool commands
-> Package: rrdtools

Bug#464210: bash dies when tab completing tilde paths via LDAP query
-> Package: ???

Bug#393338: tab completion should show dirs in blue and executables in green
-> wontfix

Bug#320390: bash: Does not tab complete a file created after tab is pressed once
-> can not reproduce this bug

Bug#444294: Please add bash completion for extension "divx"
-> which command?  It work here under Sarge, Etch and Lenny.

Bug#435117: ssh host completion - better ssh config file parsing
-> Works here...
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:/etc] ssh <tab>
       127.0.0.1                           62.212.99.95
       192.168.0.112                       aspire1350.private.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.65                        devel.private.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.69                        doc.debian.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.71                        localhost
       192.168.0.73                        mail.private.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.76                        michelle1.private.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.80                        router.private.tamay-dogan.net
       192.168.0.85                        samba3.private.tamay-dogan.net
       217.226.160.196                     tp570.private.tamay-dogan.net
[michelle.konzack at samba3:/etc] ssh samba

Bug#430501: /etc/skel/.bashrc: bash_completion example in default .bashrc should check for previous inclusion via $BASH_COMPLETION
-> could only be fixed if a UNIQUE dummy variable from bash_completion is set

Bug#425440: bash: Option to versionsort completions
-> 

Bug#128997: bash-completion: debconf question for the addition to /etc/bash.bashrc?
Bug#116082: bash: Some debconf questions for defaults in .bash* files?
Bug#242298: Request change standard .bashrc to help newbies
-> Ah and bothereing 90% of all Server-Admins and long-Term Debian users...
   bash-comletion is user stuff and not system stuff

Bug#257317: bash_completion: completing perl module names is buggy
-> Package: perl

Bug#272660: bash: completion of env vars broken (leading slash is added)
Bug#278295: bash: cd completion escapes variable names (e.g. "$FO<tab>" => "\$FOO")
-> weird...

Bug#396644: bash: Please add dvipdfm to .dvi completions
-> Can not reproduce (works in Etch and Lenny)

Bug#309463: bash: completion for /usr/bin/env
-> Works in Etch and Lenny...
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:/etc] env --
       --help                --ignore-environment  --unset=              --version

Bug#438471: bash: Please support completion of --purge-unused for aptitude
-> easy to fix

Bug#431220: bash completion for find does not know about -wholename
-> easy to fix

Bug#372156: bash: [COMPLETION] dpkg -L doesn't complete for removed-but-not-purged packages
-> can not reproduce with the exception, that some packages are suffixed with a "/"

Bug#404976: bash completion for perldoc gives 'anguage'
-> Package: perl
   Can not reproduce this...

Bug#360628: Should move ssh completion stuff (etc.) to bash-completion.d/
-> FullACK

Bug#391920: bash completion leads to broken pipe
-> can not reproduce this bug

Bug#340747: bash completion does not show 'make menuconfig' in kernel tree
-> can not reproduce this bug...

Bug#432289: /etc/bash_completion: more aptitude commands
-> easy to fix

Bug#379144: bash: completion w/ flag does not fall back on dir/filename
-> 

Bug#400678: bash: please add completion for djvu files with evince
-> Package: evince

Bug#313514: bash-completion fails with e.g., ls and newlines in file names
-> wontfix 

Bug#347316: bash: completion for ( command; ) needs \escaping
-> can not reproduce this

Bug#267060: bash: completion error commands/directories conflict
-> can not reproduce this

Bug#446355: bash: [COMPLETION] sudo -e should list filenames instead of commands
-> easy to fix

Bug#323613: bash: [COMPLETION] fail to complete commands when prefixed with variable assignment
-> wontfix since the variable can be anything and will only be expanded by command execution

Bug#377935: bash: [COMPLETION] completion of ':' mangles filename
-> Can not reproduce this

Bug#400380: bash: [COMPLETION] hostname completion ignores HOSTFILE variable
-> it does show me the files and dirs from the current directory

Bug#367957: umount bash_completion doesn't work with spaces in paths
-> Can not reproduce this with Etch and Lenny
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:/tmp/michelle.konzack.To9725] ls t
       hcache  hcache_bts  mc-michelle.konzack  test stuff
       [michelle.konzack at samba3:/tmp/michelle.konzack.To9725] umount test\ stuff/

Bug#463756: bash: [completion] ifup/down don't really complete
-> Reproducible...
   [michelle.konzack at samba3:/etc] ifdown et
   eth0     eth0:1   eth0:11  eth0:13  eth0:2   eth0:4   eth0:6   eth0:8   lo
   eth0:0   eth0:10  eth0:12  eth0:14  eth0:3   eth0:5   eth0:7   eth0:9
   [michelle.konzack at samba3:/etc] ifdown et
   should NOT show "lo" and complete to at least "eth0"

Bug#429766: bash: [completion] support new aptitude actions safe-upgrade and full-upgrade
-> easy to fix

Bug#376433: bash-completion: mkdir only completes directories
-> Reproducible and should not be...

Bug#318571: bash: [completion] less and zless completion (almost) swapped, zless is superset
-> 

Bug#426102: bash: known_hosts completion now obsolescent?

Bug#428085: ssh completion - please exclude hashed hosts from output
-> 

Bug#413170: [completion] Add ping6 and fping6 in /etc/bash_completion
-> Package: fping

Bug#339111: additional mplayer completion.
-> Package: mplayer

Bug#356386: bash: [COMPLETION] messup with sudo+nice+apt-get
-> 

Bug#414821: bash: [bash_completion] _known_hosts() fails if there are spaces in homedir path
-> HOME should definitively not have any spaces in it

Bug#467231: bash_completion is big and loads slowly; load-by-need proposed
-> Ack!

Bug#466610: bash: crash on tab completion of user name
-> can not reproduce this with libnss-pgsql and maybe it is LDAP related

Bug#466089: bash completions: please include "sux" in the "complete -u" list
-> easy fix




Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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